Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)

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Social Democratic Populist Party Sosyaldemokrat Halkçı Parti
Leader	Erdal İnönü
Founded	November 3, 1985 (1985-11-03) June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28) (re-founded)
Dissolved	February 18, 1995 (1995-02-18)
Merger of	Populist Party Social Democracy Party
Merged into	Republican People's Party
Headquarters	Ankara, Turkey
Ideology	Kemalism Social democracy Secularism Reformism Civic nationalism
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	Socialist International
Colors	Red
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The Social Democratic Populist Party or Social Democratic Popular Party (Turkish: Sosyaldemokrat Halkçı Parti, abbreviated SHP) was a political party in Turkey that formed after the fusion of the Social Democracy Party (Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi, SODEP) of Erdal İnönü and the People's Party of Aydın Güven Gürkan in 1985.